Now that Obama has decided he has unlimited powers and can ignore Congress and the U.S. Constitution, how far will he go with his "executive orders" and "recess appoitments?" Now it's gun control, next it'll be what? As this power-hungry, law-ignoring, dictator keeps flexing his muscles is the media in his sights? How about an executive order that all news stories or articles concerning the government have to be reviewed by a government panel prior to publishing or airing? Sound far-fetched? Perhaps. But, as Obama keeps stealing powers that he doesn't legally have the sky is the limit. Be careful what you wish for! Brian Williams may end up having to call the White House asking Obama's approval to air a story. After all, Freedom of the Press is only guaranteed in the Constitution and we all know that means little to the current White House squatter.

I don’t think that would bother them. It’s probable that Brian Williams does call 0 to make sure their stories are strait. The WH probably does review the top news stories. They certainly all work from the same talking points.

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posted on 01/10/2013 3:44:17 PM PST
by demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)

The problem with articles and opinions like this, is that conservatives still separate the media from the Democrat Party and the leftist-thought process. The media IS the Democrat Party. I would think the next step is not for Obamaâs government to hurt them, but to bail out newspapers like the New York Times, as they did GM.

according to Newt Gingrich the use of a Presidential executive order mandates that it first have a LAW for which it applies and the EO can only expedite or delay the implementation of said law. If a law is to be changed it has to go through the legal process. EOâs are invalid otherwise. They certainly are not valid to circumvent the process of making law.

So far nobody in Congress has been willing to stand up against Obama and his anti-Consitutional way of governing!

Stand up and do what exactly? People keep saying this as if there aren't good conservatives in Congress standing up to Obama all the time. The problem isn't that no one is standing up to him, they just don't have the power to do anything. As an elected official, you can't just start yelling and screaming about Obama. That is counter productive. That sort of thing sounds crazy, and people generally won't get behind an opposition party that sound nuts (like, for example, Alex Jones did the other night).

The time to stop Obama was at the ballot box. The right is so divided that we couldn't even get everyone here to vote for the only candidate (Romney) that could have prevented Hussein from winning a 2nd term. Obama won re-election and even Rasmussen polling of Likely Voters shows the majority of Americans are with Obama. They like him, they want to keep liking him, they don't want to hear anything bad about him - and there is not a thing we can do to really stop Obama unless or until we have the majority of people behind us.

Conservatives better find a way to unify pretty quick or we are sunk. That means social conservatives are probably not going to get much of an emphasis on social issues going forward, and it means the growing movement of libertarian leaning conservatives among us are going to have to bite the bullet and drop the insistence on isolationist foreign and defense policies. It is clear our main focus needs to be on debt, curtailing the growth of government, diminishing the entitlement state, etc. If everyone keeps demanding their version of a pure candidate or party, we are going to keep letting the left run circles around us.

There is no need for White House review prior to publishing - I have not ever seen a negative comment on anything that a democRAT does. I have not seen any complaint of the two bills that have been passed WITHOUT being read.

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posted on 01/10/2013 5:33:41 PM PST
by Cyclone59
(Obama is like Ron Burgundy - he will read ANYTHING that is on the teleprompter)

There is no need for White House review prior to publishing - I have not ever seen a negative comment on anything that a democRAT does. I have not seen any complaint of the two bills that have been passed WITHOUT being read.

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posted on 01/10/2013 5:36:23 PM PST
by Cyclone59
(Obama is like Ron Burgundy - he will read ANYTHING that is on the teleprompter)

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